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大树底下好乘凉

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7-character word Traditional 大樹底下好乘涼

What 大树底下好乘凉 means

1. lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
2. fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person

The characters in 大树底下好乘凉

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
• 凉liángcool; cold